When it was Hellfire's turn to get berated by Batman, he was already squeamish with the thought of getting criticised by his mentor- his idol. He looked up to Batman- he wanted nothing more but to be as great a hero as him. And when the criticism came, so did what Gabe liked to call the 'Bat Stare'. The stare only Batman can give, the one that can make the toughest man in the world cry, make him curl up into a ball and hope he disappears out of existence- yeah, that stare. And so Batman scolded Hellfire, never shifting his scrutinising gaze, telling him how he can never be late to a mission again, how he could have failed the team, and how he was lucky he did not take part in Icicle's brutal beating. And then the scrutiny shifted to why Gabe didn't step in to stop the beating like Frostburn did, and how it made him as responsible as the rest of the team.

During the entire lecture, the same thought repeated, over and over, in Gabe's head: [i]'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...'[/i] But he did not let the guilt show. Instead, he just nodded, said that it won't happen again, and left to join the rest of his team. Apparently, Luke was about to order pizza, and Gabe was eager to eat. He hadn't realised just how hungry and worn out he was until after Batman had finished staring into his soul.

Shaking off the bad feeling he always got after a lecture from the Dark Knight, Gabe approached Luke, now out of costume.
"Uh, hey Luke... You sure you want to pay for the [i]all[/i] of the pizzas? I'd be glad to give you a bit of my cash. It'll help me get the Bat Stare out of my head, you know? Make me feel a bit better about myself."